diff --git a/man4/random.4 b/man4/random.4
index d12c43cef..e9105f554 100644
--- a/man4/random.4
+++ b/man4/random.4
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 .\"
 .\" Some changes by tytso and aeb.
 .\"
+.\" 2004-12-16, John V. Belmonte/mtk, Updated init and quit scripts
+.\"
 .TH RANDOM 4 2003-10-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 random, urandom \- kernel random number source devices
@@ -59,25 +61,34 @@ To do this, add the following lines to an appropriate script
 which is run during the Linux system start-up sequence: 
 
 .nf
-	echo "Initializing kernel random number generator..."
-	# Initialize kernel random number generator with random seed 
-	# from last shut-down (or start-up) to this start-up.  Load and 
-	# then save 512 bytes, which is the size of the entropy pool.
- 	if [ -f /var/random-seed ]; then
-		cat /var/random-seed >/dev/urandom
- 	fi
-	dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/random-seed count=1
+	echo "Initializing random number generator..."
+	random_seed=/var/run/random-seed
+	# Carry a random seed from start-up to start-up
+	# Load and then save the whole entropy pool
+	if [ -f $random_seed ]; then
+	    cat $random_seed >/dev/urandom
+	else
+	    touch $random_seed
+	fi
+	chmod 600 $random_seed
+	poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
+	[ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512
+	dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes
 .fi
 
 Also, add the following lines in an appropriate script which is 
 run during the Linux system shutdown:
  
 .nf
- 	# Carry a random seed from shut-down to start-up for the random 
-	# number generator.  Save 512 bytes, which is the size of the 
-	# random number generator's entropy pool.
- 	echo "Saving random seed..."
- 	dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/random-seed count=1
+	# Carry a random seed from shut-down to start-up
+	# Save the whole entropy pool
+	echo "Saving random seed..."
+	random_seed=/var/run/random-seed
+	touch $random_seed
+	chmod 600 $random_seed
+	poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
+	[ -r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512
+	dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes
 .fi
 .SH "PROC INTERFACE"
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